On Thursday, India’s Harmanpreet Kaur thrashed the Australian bowlers in the semi-final of the ICC Women’s World Cup as she smashed 171 runs in 115 balls in Derby. Kaur came out to bat when India’s lost both openers Smriti Mandhana and Punam Raut for 35 runs.
However, Kaur stabilized the innings with captain Mithali Raj. Kaur was in a different zone as she smashed the Australian bowlers all across the park. Her innings included 20 fours and seven towering sixes. In the end, India reached 281 in 42 overs.
Twitter exploded after Kaur’s brilliant innings with former England captain Michael Vaughan leading the praises.
Australia's bowling is coming apart in the face of an astonishing innings from @ImHarmanpreet. Never seen such hitting.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha) July 20, 2017
Raging performance by @ImHarmanpreet 🔥🔥way to go.. #Girlpower 👊#IndvsAus #WWC17
— Harbhajan Turbanator (@harbhajan_singh) July 20, 2017
Atapattu's innings was absolutely brilliant but I'm struggling to remember a time Australia's bowling attack has been smashed like this.
— Melinda Farrell (@melindafarrell) July 20, 2017
Take a bow @ImHarmanpreet , best innings I've ever seen!! #WWC17
— Charlotte Edwards (@Lottie2323) July 20, 2017
Serious batting by @imharmanpreet! What a knock! #IndvsAus #WWC17
— Anil Kumble (@anilkumble1074) July 20, 2017
One special knock this from @ImHarmanpreet , big match player. #AUSvsIND
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 20, 2017
What striking!!👏🎉@ImHarmanpreet @vedakmurthy08 #AUSvsIND
— Ashwin Ravichandran (@ashwinravi99) July 20, 2017
seriously, harmanpreet kaur is batting in a video game #AUSvIND #WWC17
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75) July 20, 2017
A star is born! Can't get anyone to focus on 9:30 pm show. #Harmanpreet Kaur. #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/JyAxHwRcL6
— Vikram Chandra (@vikramchandra) July 20, 2017
Stand up and applaud @ImHarmanpreet ...what an inning...#WomensWorldCup2017 @BCCIWomen
— parthiv patel (@parthiv9) July 20, 2017
Harmanpreet Kaur is the first Indian player (Men's and Women's) to score 150+ in an ODI knockout. Only 6 other players have done it. #WWC17
— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats) July 20, 2017
Stop it! Not literally though as this is one of the best pressure innings I've seen. @ImHarmanpreet is taking Aust apart 140 (103) 🔥🔥
— Mel 'MJ' Jones (@meljones_33) July 20, 2017
Highest ODI scores for Indian women
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 20, 2017
188 Deepti Sharma v Ire 2017
140* Harmanpreet Kaur today!
138* Jaya Sharma v Pak 2005#WWC17 #IndvsAus
Haven't seen such singlehanded dominance in a long, long time. It's Harmanpreet Kaur vs Australia out there.
— Sanjay Manjrekar (@sanjaymanjrekar) July 20, 2017
👏👏👏👏#WWC17 #INDvAUS
Wow ! What an incredible innings from @ImHarmanpreet .Great reaction from Deepti in helping her on the 100th run.
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) July 20, 2017
Come on India .#INDvsAUS
Harmanpreet Kaur
— Mohandas Menon (@mohanstatsman) July 20, 2017
1st 50 in 64 balls
2nd 50 in 26 balls
3rd 50 in 17 balls
last 21 in 8 balls#WWC17 #IndvsAus
Harmanpreet Kaur is everyones favorite. #IndvAus pic.twitter.com/wadjqhMGJD
— Lord Snow Chikna (@Madan_Chikna) July 20, 2017